The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-23
A Complete and Forcible Exposure of the Falsc
Pretenses by Which the Bourbons Hope
to Deceive the Voters of the State
The English Confederate-Bond Commit
tee Hard at Work On a New Scheme.
Points on Which Surgeon Crawford's Lawyers
Hope to Secure His Release-The Angry
Tobacco Men and Statistician Dodge.
VIRGINIA POLITICS.
An Exposure ofthe Insincerfty and Hypocrisy
of the Recent Democratic Address.

An Exposure ofthe Insincerity and Hypocrisy
ofthe Recent Democratic Address.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22-The Virginia Repub-
lican State committee has issued an address to
the Republican electors of the State. The ad
dress. the first part Of which is answer to the
address recently put forth by the Democratic
managers, says:
"First-As to the Endorsement Of President
Cleveland. and the declaration. which the Dem.
ocratic address makes. that his administration
will receive cordial support from the Democratic
party of Virginia. Ii this statement ia sincere,
then the succeeding statement demanding the
immediate repeal of the internal revenue system
and the passage of the Blair bill. must be insin-
cere; for the opposition of President Cleveland
to the one, and the lack of his endorsements Of
the other of these measures is known to all men.
His formal and express approval of Secretary
Mannings views and recommendations upon the
subject of taxation and revenue, is conclusive
upon this question Secretary Manning not
only deprecates the fact that there is DO longer
any duty or tax imposed upon tea aud coffee.
but. while urging reduction of duties upon
such articles of import produced in
own country, squarely opposes any reduction of
the taxes lmposed upon tobacco. fruit
Installations and whisky Presidents Cleve-
land approves these views and recommen-
dations of Secretary Manning The Democratic
managers of the Roanoke convention indorse
this administration and yet declare for repeat
of the internal revenue system. That Presidenr
Clevelends administration is great and bittel
disappointment to many of the managers of the
Democratic party of Virginia is attested by loud
and deep complaints. This pretended support
of him is not only inconsistent with the advo-
cacy of the repeal OF the internal revenue sys-
tenn and the passage of the Blair educational
bill. but is time-serving and delusive.
"Second-As to the internal revenue system
the Roanoke platform seeks to create the inn
preston among the people that the Democratic
party favors the immediate repeal OF that sys-
tenn. 1t may be that the Democratic managers
who promulgated that platform sincerely wish
the repeal of the internal revenue system, from
motives of self preservation. but when they for
mally declare for the repeal of the system
that they guilty Of an effort to deceive the
voters of this commonwealth. That system
is held by the Democratic party as n
hostage to compel the overthrow OF the
Republican policy of protection to American la
bor and industries. The authors Of the Roanoke
platform know full we'll that the national De-
Democrats in accord with this declaration of the
Roanoke platform are in a hopeless minority in
the Democratic party. The national Democratic
platform upon which President Cleveland was
elected in 1884 promised no repeal of the internal
revenue system, but pledged the party to con-
tinuance of the internal revenue taxes and their
application to the payment OF pensions The
national Democratic plan OF reducing tariff
duties embraces a continuance of those taxes.
Every message of President Cleveland has
ignored any suggestion of repeal OF the inter-
nal revenue system: and to the repeated efforts
of the small minority of Democrats who seek it's
repeal the Democratic majority of the Forty
ways and mesns-speakng for an overwhem-
ing majority of the Democratic party, speaking
in accord with the views Of President Cleveland
has given the following unmstakable responses
in behalf of the Democratic party On the 10th
of July, 1886. in the House of Representatives
of the United States, Mr.. Morrison, leading
Democrat. and chairman of the committee on
ways and means, on behalf OF the Democratic
majority of the House, submitted from his COM
the internal m revenue taxes, etc. That report il
House document, first session OF the Forty
ninth Congress, No. 5000, and contains the fol-
lowing languages:
nal taxes usually justified by asserting these to be
and in apparent forgetfulness of the fact
war is not half over and will not be over until
have paid $4,000. 600, 600 yet to be collected in
tobacco snuff cigarettes. etc.-is largely voluntary
Taxes not paid on these must be paid on necessaTes
of life, and these not necessaries of life. This
tax should not be removed.
"Upon the same day, Mr. w. c. p. Breckin-
ridge of kentucky, another Democratic leader
and representative of the Democratic majority,
submitted to the House of Representatives
from the committee ways and means, anoth-
er adverse report upon resolution repealing
the taxes upon tobacco. The repor. is House
document No. 3210 aud contains the following
languages:
I'VE quite contented to defer action upon the
tobacco tax until the purpose for which it was or
iginay made has been met, until by the decrease
of the public debt and the revision of present
unjust ana unequal tarl avs the revenues 70 meet -
the financial war is not ended. and will not be until
the last dollar of debt is paid and the last pension
is fully in Among the war taxes now in
force the upon tobacco both domestic and for
egni upon spirit: and beer both domestic and for
bined barely suffice to meet the annual charge for the
ether reasons we believe that it Is expedient main
tain both the domestic production and for
eign import OF tobacco.
This is the later record of the national Demo-
cratic party now in power upon the question Of a
repeal of the internal revenue system, but it
must be forgotten that the Dem mocratic
party which, for ten years. save for the term Of
the Forty seventh Congress. controlled the
House of Representatives., where alone any
measure for the repeal of or reduction of these
taxes could be initiated. failed to act the sub
ject and that it was by the Forty seventh Con-
gress, Republican. that taxes were reduced full
$50. 000, 900. and the tax tobacco was reduced
from 16 to 8 cents. Yet the leaders and man
ayers of the Democratic party in Virginia would
delude the people into belief that repeal OF that
system may now be accomplished by the
Democrats party; In 1854 suen prstenso was
dates for Congress-. The plea was that they
needed the presidency to secure the repeal of
the system, and the peo pie pie were thus deiuded
repeal was as vehemently made as IN 1854 by
several Democratic candidates for Congress; but
the people could longer be deceived. The
record of the Democratic administration and OF
the national Democracy against a repeal OF the
internal revenue system was stronger
than any asseveraton of the principles
of this minority, and the result was
the defeat of such candidates. 1t remains
to be tested whether the same hollow pretenses
can be used in 1887 by the Democratic leaders
with any more success than attended them in
1856 We declare to you that at the moment
the Republican party lost the control OF tina
COVE rnment it prepared to act upon this
subject; that President Arthur had Urged the
repeal of the tobacco tax. and Democratic
House. with the Republican Senate ready and
that the Republican party is now prsc-.
tically united in favor OF the repeal OF
the tax on tobacco and fruit distiila-
tions. and that if restored TO power
IL will remove the burden which these domestic
products have so long endured. We assert to
you that the Democratic party, by an over
wheming M majority in Congress-, is opposed to
the repeal of the in tern al revenue system, as Is
shown by its record ana the declaration OF its
leading and controlling men, from President
Cleveland down. We appeal to you, If you
favor fhe reneal of that system. To supnort Re-